Let the record reflect that Jackie Chan is more limber, nimble and in better faux fighting trim at 70 than you are at 60, 35 or 20, “Boomer,” “Xer,” Millennial or what have you.

Hong Kong’s king of martial arts clowns is still working, still slinging punches and taking falls, albeit with a little more help from stunt doubles, digital effects and wirework these days.

The fact that he’s making “Karate Kid” sequels in Hollywood and action fantasy foolishness like “A Legend” in China takes nothing away from his legacy. And while many of us would rather watch a clip-filled documentary of Jackie’s Greatest Hits, stunts and accidents titled “A Legend,” this Stanley Tong reincarnation spectacle is what we have on offer instead.

Chan plays two roles in this big budget boondoggle. There’s the fictive present, in which an archeologist (Chan) leads a team of young researchers in pursuit of a Hun Hoard, a hidden treasure trove of ancient Han China/Hun Invaders history. And there’s the Han Dynasty past, where a de-aged Jackie is a general, one of the leaders trying to turn the tide against the Huns via Chinese patriotism, Chinese ingenuity and Chinese might.

“The peace of our country and home is forged by heroes!” the cavalry shout, the sort of messaging we see in more than one Chinese film of the current era. It’s agitprop masquerading as entertainment, and one can only hope it isn’t any more meant to ready “the people” for World War III than a Hollywood “Top Gun” sequel, or a Chinese flag-waver in the “Top Gun” style.

In the present, our professor tries to give a clueless assistant (Zhang Yixing) hints that cute, always-mini-skirted-assistant (Peng Xiaoran) has a crush on him. That’s while they are researching this jade and gold amulet they found on a buried warhorse.

In the past, a dynasty hangs in the balance as the Han prepare to face down a ruthless new leader of the Huns (Max Huang).

Shamanism plays a role in events of the past and the present as the scientist and his aide start having dreams that insert them into this past of derring do and self-sacrifice.

The battles are vast in scale, on a par with “Spartacus,” Jet Li’s “Hero” and other overpopulated historical spectacles where waves of extras gallop across the screen.

But any hope that the ancient story will becoming gripping and immersive is frittered away every time writer-director and longtime Chan fight choreographer Stanley Tong (Chan’s “First Strike” and “Vanguard” are among his directing credits) takes us back to the designer-clothed silliness of “research” and clumsy flirting in the present.

You just know this thing will climax in an underground ice palace of Hun construction filled with stolen Han gold.

The rom-com stuff elements are piffle, as is the plot. The younger version of Chan is a lot more lean, leading man-looking than the Prince Valiant-coifed Jackie we remember from 40 years ago. The acting is adequate, nothing more.

But the fights still measure up. Kind of.

Rating: unrated, violence

Cast: Jackie Chan, Gülnezer Bextiyar, Yixing Zhang, Chen Li and Max Huang

Credits: Scripted and directed by Stanley Tong. A Well Go USA release.

Running time: 2:09